Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt designer-alexander-mcqueen It is completely sheer when

It is completely sheer when worn

Bust: cups look to be a B-C

Note that it is very tiny and would not fit on any of my mannequins hence the hanger presentation

Love the detailing at the waist that gives the illusion of a top and skirt set but it really is a dress

Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt designer-alexander-mcqueen It is completely sheer whenMary McFadden patented her Fortuny inspired pleating technique just a couple of years after launching her label in 1973. By the eighties she had many licensing agreements and her dresses were being made on a larger scale. Mary was known to say frequently that there was no greater beauty than pleated cloth on the human body and she said then when she developed her 'marii' fabric her aim was to have it 'fall like liquid gold on the body, like Chinese